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    "speaker_name": "Hon. S. S. Ahmed",
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed",
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    "content": "President has heard what these people are saying and he will bring the hammer down on some of them. On affirmative action, in the 10th Parliament I was with you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I was a member of Kenya Women Parliamentarians Association (KEWOPA) because there were only about 12 or 13 women Members in this Parliament. There was a time when the 10th Parliament, with 13 or 14 women, did more work on gender and other action - I hope Hon. Kajuju is listening - than the 90 women that we have now. We have no problem on the issue of women. We want women to be with us on their own strength. Today, I want to honour my two colleagues because they are always there. But among the women representatives, we must admit there are hardly 10 who are making an impact. The Leader of the Majority Party mentioned women in the Cabinet. Hon. Deputy Speaker, you are a strong woman who rose to that position not because you are a woman but because of what you stand for. There is Amina Mohamed, the Cabinet Secretary for Defence and many others. Of course, I jokingly said Waiguru. Waiguru has her strengths and weaknesses. I think we need to follow up on this. The other thing, I was trying to renew my son’s passport. I went to the Department of Immigration and I was astounded by the efficiency and the way these people work. The e-citizen platform is, of course, causing a problem, but the whole attitude at the Department of Immigration has changed. I was brilliantly happy. Finally, I want to congratulate ODM for winning three out of four MCA seats in the by- elections. It tells you where we are going in future. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for the time."
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